Farm briefs

Tuesday

Jun 12, 2018 at 12:01 AM

Sheep Improvement Assoc. plans pasture walk

MILLERSBURG — The Ohio Heartland Sheep Improvement Association will hold its June pasture walk Tuesday, June 19, starting at 7 p.m. The location will be the Roy Troyer farm, 6274 County Road 77, Millersburg. The Troyer farm is located ½ mile north of Bunker Hill on the east side of the road.

Speaker at the May meeting was Daryl Clark, retired Extension Agent, from Zanesville. He spoke on how to improve pasture fields. This month’s speaker will be Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator for Wayne County. He will be conducting a pasture walk along with a question and answer session. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Mid-Ohio Lamb Classic held

MILLERSBURG — On May 26, West Holmes FFA co-hosted the Mid-Ohio Lamb Classic with the Hiland FFA Chapter. This show is a chance for people from all over Ohio to compete with their lamb.

Members went to the Harvest Ridge Fairgrounds to place mulch, sawdust and tables to make up a show ring. On show day, there were 256 lambs present. The top five overall lambs were: 1, Ian Johnson; 2, Neveah Powers; 3, Seth Wasilewski; 4, Mylee Shatto, and 5, Margo Sturgis.

There were FFA members to help with the show ring, sell concession stand items, announce the who, handle registrations, and help at the lamb weigh-in.